SpaceX has quickly become one of the most closely watched stocks on Wall Street. After going public earlier this year, the company has already attracted an unusually high level of analyst enthusiasm. This week, Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $220 price target, implying roughly 50% upside from… Continue reading Why Wall Street Is Calling SpaceX a Buy — and What Could Go Wrong

China has reached a remarkable turning point in its energy transformation: solar power has overtaken coal as the country’s largest source of installed electricity-generating capacity for the first time. As of the end of July, China had approximately 1,286 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar capacity, narrowly surpassing the 1,285 GW of coal-fired capacity, according to… Continue reading China’s Solar Revolution Has Now Surpassed Coal

NVIDIA is taking another major step toward AI-powered graphics with the launch of DLSS 5, a new generation of its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology that moves beyond traditional image upscaling and frame generation. The company says the technology introduces a new approach called 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, designed to use artificial intelligence to dramatically improve… Continue reading NVIDIA Unveils DLSS 5, Bringing AI-Generated Photorealism to Real-Time Gaming

The global memory-chip shortage is no longer a temporary supply-chain disruption. It is becoming a structural problem driven by the rapid construction of artificial-intelligence data centers, limited manufacturing capacity and growing geopolitical friction. The result is a costly squeeze on the DRAM and NAND flash used in smartphones, computers, gaming consoles, televisions and countless other… Continue reading The Memory Crisis Is Becoming a New Tax on Consumer Electronics

Only a few years ago, plant-based meat was being promoted as the future of food. Products from Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and a growing collection of competitors appeared in supermarkets, fast-food restaurants and celebrity-backed advertising campaigns. Investors envisioned a major transformation in how the world consumed protein, while companies argued that realistic meat substitutes could… Continue reading Plant-Based Meats – From Boom to Bust

Google has temporarily removed a new artificial-intelligence feature from Google Earth after researchers demonstrated how easily it could be used to create convincing but entirely fabricated satellite images. The tool, which allowed users to select a real location and describe what they wanted to appear there, was withdrawn only a day after its introduction as… Continue reading Google Pauses AI Satellite-Image Generator After “Deepfakes in the Sky” Raise Alarm

Amazon is turning the enormous shipping network it built for its own retail business into a service for virtually any company. Through the newly launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, businesses can hire Amazon to transport raw materials, store inventory, fulfill orders and deliver packages—even when those products are not sold on Amazon.com. The service combines… Continue reading Amazon Opens Its Logistics Empire, Putting UPS and FedEx on Notice

While investors have spent much of 2026 watching artificial intelligence and technology stocks, some of the market’s strongest returns have come from a far less glamorous corner of the economy: oil refining. Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy and HF Sinclair have each gained more than 80% this year, while Phillips 66 has risen more than 54%,… Continue reading Oil Refiners Emerge as Wall Street’s Surprise Winners in 2026

Bitcoin’s difficult year is showing few signs of ending. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has fallen by roughly one-third since the beginning of 2026 and is trading near $62,000, more than 50% below the record high it reached in October 2025. The decline has challenged expectations that growing institutional adoption and the arrival of exchange-traded funds… Continue reading Bitcoin’s 2026 Slide Deepens as Investors Retreat From Risk

Domestic airfare is rising much faster than the cost of international travel, even though shorter flights generally consume far less fuel. Data from airfare search company Skiplagged shows domestic ticket prices increased 23.2% between March 2025 and June 2026, compared with an 11.5% increase for international flights. Average U.S. domestic fares also reached $428 during… Continue reading Domestic Airfare Climbs Faster Than International Prices Despite Shorter Routes